|
MSDN Evaluation Center
|
The MSDN Evaluation Center is the new central location to register to evaluate trial software. Receive updates during the evaluation period and enjoy a set of technical resources put together to enhance your evaluation experience.
|
|
On May 31, the pre-release versions of Windows Vista (Beta 2, RC1, and RC2) will expire. If you are running one of these versions, learn how to update your PC to prevent work disruption and loss of data. |
|
Experience an enhanced evaluation of Windows Server 2008.
|
|
Watch a video discussion about the many ways you can extend IIS7, and get a comprehensive look at an end-to-end extensibility example.
|
|
Learn about the new features of Windows Server 2008, IIS 7, and Windows PowerShell. This video also shows how much easier it is to manage an IIS 7 single box or an IIS 7 Web farm with Windows PowerShell.
|
|
See the difference between discretionary access control and role-based access control in this screencast on Windows Authorization Manager (AzMan).
|
Spotlight on: Windows Server 2008
|
Windows Server 2008 training wraps up with "The Core" sessions to enhance your development capabilities and IT infrastructure.
|
|
Register and download the evaluation software to explore the new functionality and powerful improvements in Windows Server 2008. You'll receive technical resources with every edition of MSDN Flash. Tech Resource Preview: Explore Internet Information Services 7.0 |
|
Through June, nationwide This demo-driven, one-day course explores the techniques used to create next-generation applications on Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Topics covered include Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Eventing, performance counters, IIS7, Windows CardSpace, PowerShell, and Transactional File System.
|
Spotlight on: the .NET Framework 3.0
|
Learn about Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, and Windows Workflow Foundation capabilities provided by the .NET Framework 3.0. Free collection from Microsoft Learning.
|
|
Learn more about the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly WinFX), and see how you can build applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes.
|
MSDN Subscribers
Here are just a few of the products coming soon in your June 2007 shipment*:
| • |
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish) |
| • |
MSDN Subscriptions Library (April 2007 Edition) |
| • |
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 (English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese) |
| • |
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update for Windows Vista (English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese) |
| • |
Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition with SP2 (English, German) |
*Please note that your actual shipment contents depend upon your subscription type.
News for Students
|
The Student Partners Program is an elite job opportunity offered to technology-enthusiastic students. Participating students share their knowledge and influence others by organizing on-campus activities, including technical presentations, and by increasing product awareness on campus.
|
|
If you couldn't swing Las Vegas this time around, you can still access and download recordings of the keynotes, sessions, and panels. (Even if you did attend MIX07, you'll want to check out the sessions you missed, since nobody can possibly attend them all.) Subscribe to our RSS feed to catch the new sessions as we add them. |
|
The curtain has risen on a whole slew of news related to Silverlight, formerly code-named "WPF/E". The Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 CTP offers broader tools and language support for the future of Silverlight. The CTP focuses on Visual Studio-based support for Web standards development, including ASP.NET AJAX, with full IntelliSense editing for client and server code, powerful cross-platform debugging, and rich language support for JavaScript, C#, Visual Basic, Ruby, Python, and more. .NET, Silverlight, PC, and Mac: check out the post on the .NET support in Silverlight and the new Silverlight.net community site. There are quickstarts and samples based on v1.0 and v1.1, including v1.1 managed code samples in C#, Visual Basic .NET, IronPython, and more. If you're more of a listener than a reader, there's an interview of Scott Guthrie on Channel 9. |
|
Try out this amazing new technology from Microsoft Live Labs. It will forever change the way you think about digital photos.
|
Xbox 360 NewsThe Halo 3 Beta Release period has been announced as May 16 - June 6. Instant Messaging comes to Xbox 360.
|
Find out how to create a custom ASP.NET control that uses JavaScript, cascading style sheets, and AJAX to display a list of people who are looking at a Web page in real time. You learn how to create the WhoIsLooking control.
|
Government Resources
Microsoft Developer ConferencesMay 29 - Washington, DCJune 20 - New York City, NYJoin us for a one-day technical conference on high-performance computing (HPC) that comprises sessions on Microsoft's Windows Compute Cluster Server (WCCS). There is no fee to attend.
|
Learn about the latest Microsoft development tools for public sector developers. Check out this month's upcoming webcast schedule.
|
|
A small government agency adopts Visual Studio Team System to improve software development, increase efficiency, productivity, communication, and transparency, to become People_Ready and Citizen_Ready.
|
Web Resources
|
|
Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is a series of language extensions that support data querying in a type-safe way; it will be released with the next version Visual Studio, code-named "Orcas."
|
|
The UpdatePanel control simplifies partial-page rendering for the ASP.NET AJAX community, but sometimes at the expense of efficiency and bandwidth. In his Wicked Code column, Jeff Prosise describes how you can customize UpdatePanel, optimize it, and even live without it.
|
|
|
|
|
Take a look at this blog series as it unfolds over the next six weeks and discover the favorite features and tools of team members and third-party VSTO experts.
|
|
Build an Office Business Application (OBA) using the 2007 Microsoft Office system and Oracle technology, and if you win The O2 OBA Challenge, Microsoft will donate US$40,000 in your company's name to a clean-air cause.
|
|
Connect Word templates to a document library so that all documents in the library, even new ones, will have the same appearance, even with subsequent updates to the template.
|
|
|
Take your BI solution to the next level - build monitoring, analysis, and planning into your BI solution.
|
|
|
Visual Studio Codename "Orcas" is the next-generation development environment for the Microsoft Windows platform.
|
|
Now is the perfect time to get a good deal on training from a Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions.
|
Hot Off the Press! New Books from Microsoft Press
|
Download sample chapters, and if you like what you see, you can purchase the entire book for 35% off.
|
|
Through June 5, visit any Barnes & Noble store or shop online at bn.com to save 40% on select Microsoft Press certification resources.
| |
![]() |
|
Find comprehensive information and guidance on the Windows OEM Preinstallation Kit, how it works, and how to get the most out of it.
|
|
Learn how to implement and manipulate color scales through the user interface and programmatically.
|
|
|
Learn about the new capabilities provided by SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows Workflow Foundation and how you can integrate workflows with your Access 2007 applications.
|
|
|
Learn about encrypting files, administering passwords, converting databases to the new ACCDB and ACCDE formats, and using other security options such as SQL Server.
|
|
Use this step-by-step guide and the WoodGroveNet MCMS 2002 sample application to upgrade an MCMS 2002 application to SharePoint Server 2007.
|
|
|
Take the Developing Enhanced Web Experience with Microsoft ASP.NET for AJAX e-learning course, and get select discounted related courses.
|
|
|
Discover this central place to find special offers on SQL Server 2005 e-learning, books, classroom training, and certification.
|
|
|
For a limited time, use promotion code BZS10 during checkout to save 10% on all BizTalk Server 2004 e-learning collections.
|
|
|
For a limited time, take a free e-learning clinic that is customized to the demands of your job, and flexible enough to fit into your schedule.
|
|
Make your job easier. Take Windows Vista e-learning clinics and download sample chapters of select books, free for a limited time.
|
|
June 5, 10:00 A.M. Pacific time
|
|
|
June 12, 10:00 A.M. Pacific time
|
|
|
June 19, 10:00 A.M. Pacific time
|
|
|
June 26, 10:00 A.M. Pacific time
| |
|
Security for Developers
|
Since the v1.1 alpha release of Silverlight includes a slimmed down version of the CLR, you might be wondering what the managed security story for Silverlight is and how it compares to CAS on the desktop version of the CLR.
|
Product-Related Downloads
Case Studies, KB Articles, & How-tos
|
One of the largest insurers of private automobiles in the United States turned to SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (64-bit), Visual Studio 2005, and the .NET Framework 2.0 for a new application at the very foundation of the company's operations.
|
|
|
|
|
Nolics' object-relational mapping solutions for application developers use the .NET Framework to help increase clients' development productivity by up to 50%.
|
|
FRENDS Technology provides system integration solutions to international customers across a number of vertical sectors. Originally, FRENDS used its own server product, but in 2005 implemented BizTalk Server 2006 as the base for its solutions.
| |
![]() |
|
|
|
Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio .NET KB Articles |
|
![Click the icon to customize your profile.]() Your personalized MSDN Flash is showing these items because you chose to receive Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio .NET news. Click the icon to customize your profile. |
![]() |
|
|
|
.NET Framework KB Articles |
|
![Click the icon to customize your profile.]() Your personalized MSDN Flash is showing these items because you chose to receive .NET Framework news. Click the icon to customize your profile. |
![]() |
|
|
|
SQL Server KB Articles |
|
![Click the icon to customize your profile.]() Your personalized MSDN Flash is showing these items because you chose to receive SQL Server and Data Access news. Click the icon to customize your profile. |
![]() |
|
|
Partner News
|
Improve your dev team process methodology with VSTS and Process MeNtOR TeamGuide. Test drive at Tech·Ed (Booth 1447) to be eligible for a 50% June-only discount.
|
|
Visit IdeaBlade at Tech·Ed to see a demo of DevForce RAD and ORM tools for .NET and get a chance to win a free Garmin StreetPilot 2720.
|
|
|
|
|
Access Crystal Reports migration tools and ease your upgrade process. (Upgrade now available for US$99)
|
|
This document explains how an ASP.NET Web service can be created and how to call this Web service from PowerBuilder.
| |
![]() |
|
The first Vista-style components for Windows Forms - now with Grid, Chart and TreeView. Try features like Flash-like animations, rotation, scaling, transparencies and alpha blending.
|
|
Learn ASP.NET AJAX with InnerWorkings by writing code and solving problems in Visual Studio. Get your free download today.
| |
|
International Events
|
Through May 2007, worldwide See how Microsoft Windows Embedded products are revolutionizing the way that people work and live. Attend a free OEM Technical Seminar and find out how Microsoft Windows Embedded can help you quickly configure, build, and ship your next device.
|
|
29 May - 1 June, Bad Ems, Germany Visual Studio Team System integrates process guidance, prescriptive architectures, and life-cycle tools for successfully deploying solutions on the Windows platform.
|
|